Breckin Meyer asks about breakups

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Speaker 3 Hey, it's your friend Tignotaro on the Handsome Pod.

Speaker 2 I'm sitting here with my co-hosts, Mae Martin and Fortune Feemster.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 3 good to see you guys. We did live recordings yesterday.
I've been thinking a lot about them, how fun and electrifying that is to be in the same room with the loves of my life.

Speaker 2 I know.

Speaker 2 Getting kisses.

Speaker 2 I mean, we lit up.

Speaker 1 Let's be honest.

Speaker 2 We lit up. Yeah.

Speaker 3 That's my stage name: Les Be Honest.

Speaker 2 Lesbian.

Speaker 3 I am the lesbian that tells the truth.

Speaker 2 I like that.

Speaker 3 Speaking of, I do want to mention

Speaker 3 that,

Speaker 3 well, I did our friend Tom Papa's podcast.

Speaker 1 You were lesbian on that podcast.

Speaker 3 I was lesbianist.

Speaker 2 I know Tom Papa. I've done a radio show with him for the last five years on Sears XM.

Speaker 3 Oh, you do know him.

Speaker 2 You know this. You've been on our show.

Speaker 2 But you did his own podcast.

Speaker 3 Yes, I did. I love Tom.
I think he's one of the funniest comedians. He's just, he's so, I love ridiculousness.

Speaker 2 I know. He's great.

Speaker 3 He is a silly, silly man. Yeah.

Speaker 1 Well, it got picked up by the news.

Speaker 3 It did because, but I didn't know. That's what I was telling you guys before the podcast is I was getting texts and emails.
from friends that I was a little surprised listened to Tom Pompe's podcast.

Speaker 3 One of the people that reached out was Lucy Lawless from the show Xena.

Speaker 3 And, you know, she's living in

Speaker 3 New Zealand.

Speaker 2 New Zealand? Nerr? Oh boy.

Speaker 2 New Zealand. Nerr.

Speaker 3 Living on her farm. And then I get this email.
I actually, I didn't even know what it was about at first because she was like,

Speaker 2 Did she start it with, hello, lesbianas?

Speaker 2 She sure did.

Speaker 3 No, she was just like, hey, Rob, that's her husband. She said, Rob and I are so proud of you for speaking out.

Speaker 3 And I honestly thought for a second that she

Speaker 3 sent the wrong, like an email to the wrong person.

Speaker 2 And I was like, I'm going to write her later in the day.

Speaker 3 And I kept getting these texts and emails like, hey. you know, thanks for speaking out.

Speaker 2 And, uh, and I,

Speaker 3 oh, hey, I listened to Tom. My friend who lives in France wrote me and he said, Hey,

Speaker 3 loved you on Tom Papa's,

Speaker 3 what you said on Tom Papa's show. And I was like, God, not that Tom isn't a loved

Speaker 3 and popular

Speaker 3 comedian or podcaster, but it was, they were just friends that

Speaker 3 I was just a little surprised that they, that that was their, that that was their wheelhouse in podcasting.

Speaker 3 And I, meanwhile, later found out that my manager reached out and said, just so you know, Fox News reached out wanting to talk to you because of what you said about Cheryl Hines on Tom's

Speaker 3 podcast.

Speaker 1 Right. Because you, I mean, I feel like you've spoken around it on this pod, but this was the first time that you were sort of directly directly addressed it.

Speaker 2 Directly.

Speaker 3 Yeah, I didn't feel like

Speaker 3 I thought it was clear where I stood. I had a podcast with her.
I had a long-standing friendship. She was,

Speaker 3 you know, just a

Speaker 3 really

Speaker 3 important

Speaker 3 person in my life. I loved being ridiculous with her.

Speaker 2 Yeah, you guys were very funny together. It was

Speaker 3 silliness. And I remember, you know, I forgot that Tom listened to that podcast.
And so when I was on his show, it wasn't like a setup.

Speaker 3 I didn't know he was going to ask me, but he was asking or brought up that show. And as I was talking to him, I was thinking, oh, right.

Speaker 3 I remember him writing me from time to time about different episodes.

Speaker 3 But yeah, we would talk about a different podcast or a different documentary every week, but barely. We mainly just talked about who we were attracted to and

Speaker 2 on the

Speaker 3 documentary.

Speaker 3 And then we would do live streams where we would like slap each other in the face and take shots. And

Speaker 2 it wasn't terribly presidential or political, you know,

Speaker 2 not political at all.

Speaker 2 No,

Speaker 3 not in the slightest bit.

Speaker 1 God, that's so,

Speaker 1 it makes it so much more heartbreaking.

Speaker 1 Because, yeah, that was such a golden moment and friendship. But I didn't hear what you said on the front.

Speaker 2 I didn't hear it either. I don't know what was said.

Speaker 3 I just basically said that

Speaker 3 just that. She was one of my favorites and somebody I absolutely loved being silly.

Speaker 3 One of my favorite things to do is find a bit and tee somebody up to do something stupid and ridiculous like I love to sit back and like

Speaker 3 you know be like oh yeah and how would that look and what

Speaker 3 yeah yeah and um

Speaker 2 and so

Speaker 3 Cheryl I don't know it she was just

Speaker 1 a real bright spot in my life and and for people who don't know Cheryl is married to RFK Jr.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Who has

Speaker 2 some wild opinions? Wild opinions. But

Speaker 2 has the power now to enact some of these things.

Speaker 1 To like legislate his wild opinions.

Speaker 3 Well yeah, and he's also a part of an administration where they are

Speaker 2 ruining.

Speaker 3 There's a lot of issues that I do not believe in that he is endorsing that Cheryl is clearly endorsing.

Speaker 1 And it must have been confusing as a friend, but it's almost like, because I feel like initially it was,

Speaker 1 there was a separation of like, well, yeah, he's got his opinions, but, you know, and then it slowly's become like, like, sort of, must be sort of validating that you were like, oh, no, this is a problem, because now it clearly has evolved into,

Speaker 1 you know.

Speaker 3 But that's, that's what I talked about on Tom's podcast is that

Speaker 3 she says, you know, that

Speaker 3 we don't agree on everything. And I think having such a vague statement, you can choose to think that she really doesn't believe in a lot of what he's doing.

Speaker 3 But my point is Stephanie and I don't agree on the temperature in our house, but I would not frame it like Stephanie and I don't agree on everything. Right.
You know?

Speaker 3 You know what I'm saying? It's just, it's too vague and there's too much of a gap there. And it's very strange.

Speaker 1 And,

Speaker 1 well, like Thomas was saying, I think a lot of people can relate to this of having someone they love in their family or a friend who's just sort of drifting into a pretty extreme ideology. And

Speaker 1 how do you maintain a relationship? And where is your, where do you draw the line? And I think

Speaker 3 well, and it took me, honestly, it took me a while to draw a line because I continued to reach out to Cheryl and say, you know, hey, I'm thinking about you. Hey, I hope you're doing okay.

Speaker 3 Hey, I'm sending love and

Speaker 3 I care about you. And she would respond really pleasantly and friendly and say, oh, thank you for this.
And

Speaker 3 I was open to, hey, let's remain friendly. And yeah, this,

Speaker 3 you know, you know,

Speaker 2 I cared.

Speaker 3 about

Speaker 2 i care about cheryl for sure

Speaker 3 um that doesn't change it's just it's it's hard to pretend like it's weird that anybody's confused because it's a real about face. It is a real about face.
So

Speaker 3 I didn't sever the friendship, but I did notice that once he was running for president and once I stepped away from our old podcast, I never heard from her again other than nice responses to me sending love when I thought maybe she needs support or maybe she's feeling this way or that based on what I knew of her.

Speaker 2 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 Yeah. So

Speaker 1 well, so that's been your week is, or was it yesterday you got all these messages?

Speaker 2 Yeah, just I think, yeah, it just started popping up this morning.

Speaker 2 Yeah, right.

Speaker 3 Well, no, I mean, for me, yesterday, yesterday morning, is I woke up to my email from Lucy Lawless, and then I continued to get a surreal sentence for me.

Speaker 2 Like, that was Lucy recently.

Speaker 3 Well, yeah, again. I was like, wow, Lucy follows Tom Papa's podcast.
That's so cool. Um, and then I did.
I thought, I thought all these people were just listening to Tom's podcast, and maybe they are.

Speaker 3 But then my manager reached out and said, Fox News wanted to talk to you. And

Speaker 2 I can't wait for you to go on Fox News. I can't wait.
Yeah, and then I drift into

Speaker 2 Magga. You're like, actually, they had a lot of good points.
All of a sudden, Dave's like, I would like to amp this other podcast back up with Cheryl again. Yeah.
Yeah.

Speaker 3 Well, they do it, you know?

Speaker 3 But that's the thing is I did, she and I had like a four-hour conversation and

Speaker 3 she went through different issues and encouraged me to sit down with Bobby. And I was like, let me think on this.
And then I woke up and I was like, yeah, no, thank you.

Speaker 2 It's

Speaker 2 at stake for y'all's own personal lives is very different to like,

Speaker 2 that's what people don't really realize it's not just like you have your opinion i have mine like your

Speaker 1 life is affected by you know these legislat this legislation that could you know yeah when it's like fundamentally about whether you or or any demographic should have fewer rights then you kind of there's

Speaker 2 absolutely you know where do you go from there right is there anything can we try and say something on the pod that gets picked up by fox news is there anything can we throw no thank you.

Speaker 2 I don't want to diversify.

Speaker 2 I don't like me that crossfire. I've been there before.
It's not.

Speaker 1 Yeah, you're right, actually.

Speaker 2 Let's keep our heads below the parapet.

Speaker 2 But maybe just, I have gotten death threats before.

Speaker 2 Have you?

Speaker 3 Well, see, and that's the thing is, is when Bobby, you know, was running for president and then endorsed Trump, and I was still tied to Cheryl in ways.

Speaker 3 That was the other issue was this isn't my world. I am, this is not my world.
And if you're choosing to go into that world,

Speaker 3 that is your business. But I have to step outside because

Speaker 3 I didn't know, and I still don't know where this road is going, but it's not one that I'm interested in.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Yeah.
That's just not what your lane is. No.

Speaker 3 Anyway.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 3 Anyway.

Speaker 2 Anywho.

Speaker 2 Anywho. Does anyone else have any friends they're not doing podcasts with

Speaker 2 well I did want to mention to you guys

Speaker 2 I'm out oh no

Speaker 2 just kidding I also want to warn you guys remember how I had a droopy eyelid yes yeah

Speaker 3 I was gonna check we wanted to check I had my three-hour doctor appointment yesterday three hours why well because it could be

Speaker 3 very minor to a stroke to a tumor so I was I was kind of like oh boy, come on, man. Come on.
Yeah. And so,

Speaker 3 hey, it's all right. It's just the muscle.
But I do have to get eyelid surgery. So this is going to be my first parlay into face work.

Speaker 2 Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 You're getting a beauty surgery. Yes, yes.

Speaker 2 Hilarious.

Speaker 3 Do you see this eye?

Speaker 2 I hope you recover in a fancy Beverly Hills Hotel.

Speaker 3 It's going to take me a couple of weeks to recover, but there are going to be before and after pictures.

Speaker 2 Will you please do a podcast with one eye?

Speaker 3 No, I'm going to do a plastic surgery podcast

Speaker 2 as like an expert.

Speaker 1 Does this mean you're going to be wearing an eye patch for a period of time?

Speaker 2 God, they're going to be a little bit more. Please do a podcast with an eye patch.

Speaker 3 They didn't say I had to, but I might just to make it dramatic.

Speaker 2 If you do do the eye patch and the mustache.

Speaker 3 wait, what mustache?

Speaker 2 I don't have a mustache. When you do your mustache,

Speaker 2 stop.

Speaker 2 Sorry, girl.

Speaker 1 In solidarity,

Speaker 1 I'll wear an eye patch or I'll punch myself in the eye so I get a black eye on the eye.

Speaker 2 Oh, man.

Speaker 2 Do that, May. Yeah.

Speaker 3 Anyway, there's all my news. Let's hear yours.

Speaker 2 Wow. Look at you just hitting the news circuit.

Speaker 3 Fox News and Facework.

Speaker 2 Classic TIG updates.

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But next week, I'm going to New York and I'm doing Drew Barrymore's show and Kelly Clarkson.

Speaker 2 Yeah, that's right.

Speaker 1 And I'm so excited. I've been trying to do Drew Barrymore's show forever.
You guys both know her. I've never met her.

Speaker 2 I'm hoping. I'm going to be in love.

Speaker 1 I am going to be in love. I know it.
I'm going to be eye contact, holding hands.

Speaker 2 Oh, yeah. Please hold hands.
Oh, my lord.

Speaker 3 She would snuggle with you on the couch. Anything goes with Drew.

Speaker 1 She's so scared that I'm going to be the one person who she's like six feet away from.

Speaker 2 No, no. There's no world.
There's no. She motorboated Drew when I did her show.
I have regrets.

Speaker 2 Fortune.

Speaker 2 Out here in the open.

Speaker 2 Motorboating.

Speaker 2 Oh, my God.

Speaker 3 You say it like it was your choice and you just decided not to.

Speaker 2 I think Drew would have been been totally fine with it yeah i guess you're right

Speaker 1 no but do you guys have any tips for for doing shows like that or kelly clarkson like or is there any

Speaker 2 outfit picked girl you know i do no i don't is it sleeveless come on no i i've lost my definition on the old on the old triceps i would say that of all the people that you could be doing interviews with these are two of the friendliest there's truly nothing to be nervous about with either of them because they're both chatters and they're both very warm people.

Speaker 1 Yeah, like it'll be a legit conversation.

Speaker 2 Oh, yeah, for sure. And Kelly's just like, I don't want to brag.
I've done Kelly's show 10 times, the most of anyone on the Kelly Clarkson show.

Speaker 2 I've gotten a jacket. I've gotten a year's of free Jenny's ice cream.

Speaker 3 Oh, my lord.

Speaker 1 A year's free Jenny's ice cream?

Speaker 2 Yeah, when I did 10 episodes, they gave me a

Speaker 2 year of Jenny's, which I shared with my manager. I can't.
Okay, that was my next question.

Speaker 2 Did you share? I shared, girl.

Speaker 1 So I'm going to be asking

Speaker 1 about that. I mean,

Speaker 1 should I pass on a message to either of them?

Speaker 2 To Kelly? Well, Kelly knows that I am obsessed with her voice. I have been talking about Kelly and her singing since Chelsea lately days.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Well, incredible.

Speaker 1 You know, you do your pre-interview with the producer to go over what you're going to talk about.

Speaker 1 So for for the Drew show, they were like, oh, I we heard that you guys talk about Drew quite a bit on the pod. Like she's like a friend.
And I was like, yeah, I guess she does come up quite a bit.

Speaker 1 But they're like, what do you say about her? I was like, I don't know. What am I going to say if Fortune sagit and motorbone?

Speaker 2 I think we just have always commented on that she's so fun and friendly. And we like that she doesn't have any personal space boundaries.

Speaker 1 I mean, we're projecting that she has no personal space.

Speaker 2 She does not.

Speaker 2 You can look at every interview and see that she does not. We'll need to

Speaker 2 be thankful. Yeah.
But we celebrate this. We're not.
That's what I'm looking for. Yeah.

Speaker 3 I mean, it's just really like prepare yourself.

Speaker 1 I want that. I mean, I want to kiss all my friends anyway and spoon them.

Speaker 2 Well, because you know, Ross Matthews is her co-host and he's amazing too. You'll love him.
Yeah. Okay, great.
Okay. We should get him to ask a handsome pod question as well.
Yes, we should.

Speaker 2 That's a good idea. But he's the nicest guy ever.
She's lovely. It really, both shows you'll be like, oh, I can't believe this is already over.
It'll go by quickly.

Speaker 2 Okay, great. Great.

Speaker 3 And you'll want to keep in touch, but you just have to pull it together and move it along.

Speaker 2 I did tell. I did tell, I don't want to bring up old wounds, but I did talk to you.
Alanis.

Speaker 2 Yeah. I did talk to Kelly about how I sang with Alanis,

Speaker 2 and Kelly was so jealous. And then Kelly recently also sang with Alanis.
Oh, she really won up to me.

Speaker 1 Oh, God. Okay.

Speaker 2 Where does this leave me? Yeah.

Speaker 2 Dick,

Speaker 1 you're not even in this fight. You know,

Speaker 2 because you don't want it.

Speaker 2 Doesn't that seem like a lifetime ago?

Speaker 2 It was just last summer. Um, Billy.
Wait, was it really?

Speaker 2 Not this summer.

Speaker 1 No, you're right. It was like a year ago.

Speaker 3 Hey, it was just two summers ago.

Speaker 2 It almost brought the whole podcast down.

Speaker 1 So should I. Maybe I'll bring that up with Kelly.

Speaker 2 You could be, but like, I'm so glad you got this thing with me.

Speaker 1 I'm thinking of my own anecdotes. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 Yeah, you've got some anecdotes.

Speaker 1 I can't just go on and be like, I heard Fortune got ice cream.

Speaker 2 I heard Fortune said.

Speaker 2 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, she got this in her goodie bag. Fortune said, what do I share with my manager?

Speaker 2 When do I get my moment?

Speaker 3 You're the number one star in the world.

Speaker 2 That's right. Talk about that.
Talk about being number one on IMDB Star meter that Tig's currently tracking still.

Speaker 3 What do you mean, currently? I've always tracked everyone's star meter on IMDB.

Speaker 2 Tig will just send texts to her actor friends that says number

Speaker 2 hey, you've gone up to 1.80.

Speaker 2 Down from last week, but there's always next week.

Speaker 3 Fortune bad news, you've gone down 100 points.

Speaker 2 No one's googling you this week.

Speaker 2 That's funny. You'll come up with some fun stuff.
They like, you know, anecdotes about your show and then, or anecdotes

Speaker 2 with Tony. They always like little other celebrity antidotes.

Speaker 1 Are we going to comment on that you're saying and antidotes?

Speaker 2 Can we?

Speaker 1 Or should we let it slide?

Speaker 2 No, you should get me. I get you.
What did I say?

Speaker 2 How do you say it for real?

Speaker 2 Anecdotes. Anecdotes.
Yeah, right.

Speaker 2 Anecdotes.

Speaker 2 Antidotes, anecdotes.

Speaker 1 An antidote is like a cure.

Speaker 2 You guys, I'm not just here to dish it. I can also take it.

Speaker 2 I don't do any. I don't dish it and I don't take it.

Speaker 1 I feel like

Speaker 1 I mainly take it.

Speaker 3 I would love to be annihilated by both of you. Maybe we should do like one of those

Speaker 3 when people roast each other.

Speaker 1 A roast powder?

Speaker 2 A roast?

Speaker 3 We should just roast each other.

Speaker 2 Oh, my. Oh, no.

Speaker 2 I don't like that. I don't like that.
Well, I'm not really a roast person. Me neither.

Speaker 2 I can watch it and enjoy it, but I don't want to be a part of it.

Speaker 1 Yeah. I can't even really watch it.

Speaker 1 Well, also, no, sometimes, like, you'll see a clip online of someone who's just written such clever, great jokes. But,

Speaker 2 well, um, I mean, the roast battles can change someone's trajectory. Our pal Nikki Glazer, who's so funny, she's about to host Saturday Night Live or May.
Oh, she is? It may be this week.

Speaker 2 She, oh my god, they just announced it in October. Wow, that in November, um, she is going to host SNL.
Isn't that wild? That's amazing. It's really cool.
Wait, fortunately.

Speaker 2 Oh, sorry.

Speaker 3 I was just going to say, I love that when we brought up roasting, we all went,

Speaker 2 No, I don't like roasting.

Speaker 2 I know this is why this podcast works.

Speaker 2 We're all through, we have certain things in common.

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 2 That's what it'll mean for me.

Speaker 3 Yeah, I don't know about that. No, thank you.

Speaker 1 Um, Fortune, did you end up going to Cheesecake Factory yesterday?

Speaker 2 I did.

Speaker 3 Good question.

Speaker 2 Good question.

Speaker 2 How was it?

Speaker 1 Tell us everything.

Speaker 2 It was amazing. I went to the Grove.
I haven't been there in like two years.

Speaker 2 And it was, I think the last time I was there was for Taylor Swift's premiere of her film. Movie.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Not this latest one, but

Speaker 2 Taytay, as we call her. And it was fantastic.
I went with Zach Noy Towers and Taylor Tomlinson.

Speaker 2 And I was...

Speaker 2 I was going to pay because Zach's birthday is

Speaker 2 in two days.

Speaker 2 And he

Speaker 2 got up to use the bathroom and gave his card to the waiter. I love that.
Trying to take care.

Speaker 2 For those that don't know Zach, he's very gay.

Speaker 2 And it was just funny that he was. He was gayer than you.

Speaker 2 Like, way gayer than me. And it's just funny that he was taking care of his women.

Speaker 2 That's nice. Yeah, he paying the bill.

Speaker 1 I love when a

Speaker 1 secret paying, because I hate the awkwardness of dividing a bill, and I hate the awkwardness of debating. Like, no, no, I got this guy.
So I think going to the bathroom and just smoothly doing it.

Speaker 1 I do that sometimes. I like it a lot.

Speaker 2 It was very sweet.

Speaker 2 He opens a lot for me and opens for Taylor quite a bit too. And he just was like, you guys have done so much for me in my career.
And I just really appreciate both of you. And I wanted to.

Speaker 2 Treat you to some Cheesecake Factory. So it was very sweet of him.

Speaker 3 That's very nice.

Speaker 1 Well, I know your story about

Speaker 1 when you tried to use a gift card. So I wonder if he secretly was using a gift card when he went to pay.

Speaker 2 He might have.

Speaker 2 Cheesecake Factory points. I did get a piece of cheesecake to go because I ain't a fool.

Speaker 1 Yeah, you got to.

Speaker 2 But I didn't know he was paying it. I didn't mean to be like...
Oh, and now that you're paying, I would also like a piece of cheesecake to go.

Speaker 3 Did you make the classic joke of, had I known you were paying, I would have gotten a whole cheesecake?

Speaker 2 No, but I should have. However, listen, I I don't shy away from a deal.

Speaker 2 I got to the Cheesecake Factory before them, and they were like, if you sign up for the rewards program, you get half off your cheesecake. So I was like, I'm sitting here.

Speaker 2 Why?

Speaker 2 Sign up for a deal. Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 Only had to pay half. for the cheesecake.
You're welcome, but now I'm probably going to get five checks today from Cheesecake Factory. Yeah.

Speaker 3 So you joined the Cheesecake Factory Frequent Flyer program.

Speaker 2 That's awesome.

Speaker 2 Oh my God. It's like, you can get a free piece of cheesecake on your birthday.
I'm like,

Speaker 2 yeah, I can, girl.

Speaker 2 So, yeah, I'm not above it.

Speaker 1 What kind of cheesecake do you go with? The peanut butter?

Speaker 2 I am always a peanut butter bitch.

Speaker 1 Yes.

Speaker 2 I am a peanut butter.

Speaker 3 Do you like peanut butter in general? Like you go from the jar?

Speaker 2 I don't go from the jar. I'm not an animal.

Speaker 2 I don't put my finger in the jar.

Speaker 1 I'm using a spoon, but I'm going to the jar.

Speaker 2 Yeah, I didn't say finger. Well, I thought that's what I was saying.
Fortune's like, I'm not an animal.

Speaker 3 I don't just lick straight from the peanut butter jar.

Speaker 2 I don't go fingering my peanut butter. Oh, boy.

Speaker 3 Here we go.

Speaker 3 See, I like peanut butter on an apple, peanut butter on a banana.

Speaker 2 Love those.

Speaker 3 Those are my favorite snacks that I have near daily.

Speaker 2 You know what peanut butter I really love?

Speaker 3 What, dear?

Speaker 2 What's it called? Schneider's?

Speaker 3 Oh, the peanut butter and jelly swirl?

Speaker 2 Schmucker's? No, hold on. Smuckers? Hold on.

Speaker 3 Talk amongst yourselves. Nope, we want our Schneider Andrew.

Speaker 2 Schneiders of Hanover. Snyder? Is that it? Schneider's of Hanover.
Am I really going to have to go in my pantry and find this out?

Speaker 3 It's pretty important that we get the right information about this peanut butter.

Speaker 1 So you're Googling Schneider's peanut butter? Nothing's going to be funny. It's not Schneider.

Speaker 2 Hold on. God, y'all.

Speaker 2 Sorry to bother you. Listeners will never be able to sleep if I don't get to the bottom of this.
Y'all keep talking. No, we won't be talking.
Let's just sit here silently.

Speaker 3 What if Fortune doesn't come back?

Speaker 3 What if that was Fortune's exit from the podcast forever?

Speaker 1 Oh my God.

Speaker 1 Or from, or if some, yeah.

Speaker 2 What?

Speaker 1 Actually, I was going to say, like,

Speaker 1 she just

Speaker 1 perished. And that was her last words were.

Speaker 2 May Marie. And that was her last words.
It was like, peanut butter, bitch.

Speaker 1 And she had to get on a little stepladder to reach her pantry.

Speaker 3 Aw, so cute.

Speaker 3 Not tall enough to get her peanut butter.

Speaker 3 Oh, here comes the peanut butter bitch.

Speaker 2 Here comes the peanut butter bitch.

Speaker 3 I will never, ever see Fortune the same now that I know she's the peanut butter bitch?

Speaker 2 Yeah. Yo, if I'm fingering any peanut butter,

Speaker 2 it's this one. It is called Lara Shudders.

Speaker 2 Lara. I've never heard of it.

Speaker 3 I have. But this is very anticlimactic, I'll be honest.
It is?

Speaker 2 What were you expecting? Yes, peanut butter bitch. How's this is like?

Speaker 3 Oh, much better.

Speaker 2 I like the nutty one. Okay, of course.
What I like about it, it's all natural. I'm not getting sponsored by them.
I'm just I just am into it. It's all natural.
What's all natural?

Speaker 3 What's in the ingredients?

Speaker 2 Oh, shit.

Speaker 3 Well, that's how we find out if it's truly all natural. Uh-huh, it is.

Speaker 2 Peanuts

Speaker 2 contains 1% or less of salt. That's all it said.
That's the

Speaker 2 peanuts and salt. So I like

Speaker 1 sugar in my.

Speaker 3 So you're a jiffy kind of kid.

Speaker 1 No, I draw the line at jiffy, but

Speaker 3 it's a jiff or whatever it's called.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 1 What's it called again? I'm going to order some.

Speaker 2 Laura Shudders.

Speaker 1 But do you have to stir it? Is it one of the

Speaker 1 mouth?

Speaker 3 No,

Speaker 3 Mae doesn't have that kind of time.

Speaker 3 There's the number one star.

Speaker 2 The oil goes up to the top. You got to stir it.

Speaker 1 But it sloshes around. It gets on your hand.

Speaker 2 You know, another good one. Again, not sponsored.

Speaker 2 This is the peanut butter bitch corner. This is my peanut butter bitch corner.

Speaker 2 Almond butter at Trader Joe's. Oh, I like almond butter.

Speaker 1 Do you have to stir that?

Speaker 2 That's their own brand.

Speaker 1 You do have to stir that someone

Speaker 2 to tell you. May, hire you.
Go with that fake shit. Would you like to not

Speaker 2 stir? What do you want from me? All right, I will. Don't eat that.
No, eat the

Speaker 2 peanut butter, bitch. Peanut butter, bitch.

Speaker 3 Calm down. Do you want me to finger my peanut butter?

Speaker 2 No, ma'am.

Speaker 2 No.

Speaker 2 Fortune, Fortune Marie.

Speaker 2 No, put it down.

Speaker 3 I'm calling HR.

Speaker 2 I am now.

Speaker 2 Fox News picks this up. Yes.

Speaker 1 I've never seen Fortune laugh this hard.

Speaker 2 Just imagine them talking about what we were talking about earlier, and then it cuts me over.

Speaker 2 We just got an update.

Speaker 3 Fortune turned down a bit.

Speaker 2 Thomas just commented, Fortune, turn your volume down.

Speaker 3 That's straight from HR, by the way. Yeah, HR just reached out.

Speaker 2 Turn it down.

Speaker 2 Is it because of the blah blah?

Speaker 3 Yeah, there's going to be a lawsuit.

Speaker 2 Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 That was fun.

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Speaker 3 Should we go to our question?

Speaker 2 We should. And by the way, I have half that cheesecake for today's lunch.
Oh, lovely. I'm going to be another peanut butter bitch, y'all, for lunch.

Speaker 3 Okay, new merch.

Speaker 2 I'm about to be a peanut butter bitch for lunch, y'all.

Speaker 3 If we had shirts called peanut butter bitch,

Speaker 3 that would be so fun. There were people that had no idea what that shirt meant.

Speaker 2 Peanut butter bitch, keep it handsome.

Speaker 2 Brown bitch.

Speaker 3 This peanut butter bitch bitch keeps it handsome.

Speaker 2 There you go. Oh my God.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 3 how did we find joy there?

Speaker 2 God, but did we ever?

Speaker 3 Someone read this. I can't with my droopy eyes.

Speaker 2 I will. I'm thrilled and excited.

Speaker 3 But once I get my plastic search range, I'm going to be reading everything.

Speaker 2 You're like, keep it a handsome.

Speaker 2 How dare you?

Speaker 2 Hey, everybody.

Speaker 2 Keep it handsome.

Speaker 2 My eyes already look. My eyes are so squinty.
This is what I'm going to look like after my plan. Please,

Speaker 2 look how squinty my eyes are always. So I'm not going to be able to do that.
You know what?

Speaker 3 Maybe I shouldn't get surgery and I should just hold my eyes up like this.

Speaker 3 And then I wouldn't even have any recovery time.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Do that.

Speaker 2 Toothpicks.

Speaker 2 I still need to. Yeah.
Peanut butter bitch.

Speaker 2 Portion Marie.

Speaker 1 God, what's peanut butter bitch's like sidekick? Can I be like jam jerk or something?

Speaker 2 Yes, jam jerk.

Speaker 2 You sure? What am I?

Speaker 2 Who am I? Toast.

Speaker 1 No, I'm so excited to introduce our question asker today. Tig, this is too much.
Go to YouTube and see what is happening here.

Speaker 3 Yeah, come on over to YouTube. Come on over.

Speaker 3 Fortune Marie, I'm struggling. It's a medical condition.

Speaker 2 You look like when Martin Short plays a character who's had classic surgery.

Speaker 3 I love Marty.

Speaker 2 Oh, yeah, Marty. Why haven't you asked us a question?

Speaker 3 Yeah, Marty. Marty, Marty.

Speaker 2 And maybe Meryl.

Speaker 3 Meryl and Marty.

Speaker 2 Meryl and Marty. Ask a duo question.
That would be a big cat. Okay, sorry, May.
I apologize for Tig.

Speaker 2 Do I really?

Speaker 2 Okay,

Speaker 1 I'm not going to wait this out.

Speaker 2 Okay, this is happening, right? Okay.

Speaker 1 And now your eyes can't open. They just stay closed.
I'm so excited about today's question asker. This is someone who I wanted to be when I was a kid and a teen.

Speaker 1 Effortlessly cool, I'm going to say today's question asker is an actor, a writer, a musician who was Emmy-nominated for his work on Robot Chicken.

Speaker 1 He's also starred in movies like Clueless, Road Trip, and Garfield. Breckenmeyer is asking today's question.

Speaker 4 Hey, handsome friends, it's Breckenmeier with a question, Mitt.

Speaker 2 And an idea.

Speaker 4 Sorry, here's my question. When you go through a breakup, do you delete all photos and text of the person, or do you hang on to them because they're your memories?

Speaker 4 And even though they're tough, you want to remember them at some point. Discuss.

Speaker 3 I like this question.

Speaker 1 So do I. And you might remember I've talked about Brecken on the pod before because I went to the, God, this was a lifetime ago as well, the WGA.
Um, oh, the stride

Speaker 2 picket lines, yeah. I like the act out with your hand there, mate.

Speaker 1 That's jam, that's jam-jerk in action.

Speaker 2 Oh, jam-jerking, and peanut butter, bingren, fortune, fortune. You need a jerk,

Speaker 2 fortune, fortune,

Speaker 2 fortune.

Speaker 3 HR is shaking his head. No,

Speaker 2 I'm jam-jerking and peanut butter bingren.

Speaker 2 Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 Have I been called into HR?

Speaker 2 I'm so sorry. I didn't know.
I didn't know I was talking about peanut butter. Tom is writing you.
I was writing you. No, I was talking about peanut butter.

Speaker 2 I wasn't talking about anything else.

Speaker 2 Go to YouTube. There was no, it was not just me talking about fingering it.
I was talking about peanut butter.

Speaker 2 Me, what were you saying? I was saying during the writer's strikes, I was protesting and I saw Breckenmeyer and I was...

Speaker 2 What is wrong with us today? I don't know.

Speaker 3 I think we're still in love for seeing each other yesterday in person in the same room.

Speaker 2 And you, sorry, May. Sorry, take so rude.

Speaker 1 I was protesting and I saw Breckenmeyer and I...

Speaker 1 did like an Instagram story where I was like, I saw my, my childhood crush Breckenmeyer. And I just, it didn't occur to me that he would see that.

Speaker 1 And then he, and then he DM'd me and was like, Hey, saw you too.

Speaker 1 Should have said hi, or something. I was like, Oh my god, because in Clueless, his character, Travis, is like the sweet stoner, long-haired skateboarder guy.

Speaker 1 And I was like, That character was so sweet and pure and non-threatening and funny. And I was like, That's who I want to be that guy.

Speaker 3 And that's who you've grown up to be.

Speaker 1 A sweet stoner.

Speaker 2 What's up?

Speaker 1 Hey, what's up, girl?

Speaker 2 Wow, breakups.

Speaker 1 Breakups.

Speaker 3 Do we know anything about this?

Speaker 2 No. No.

Speaker 1 None of us have been broken up with or broken up with anyone.

Speaker 2 I'm a keeper.

Speaker 1 I'm like a little magpie and I keep everything. I can't.

Speaker 1 Yeah, I keep things. Even if it was a bad breakup,

Speaker 1 I keep like love letters or things that feel important. I don't keep them out on display, like framed for, you know, I'm putting them away in a box.

Speaker 1 Um, and then if I'm feeling real emo or, or if I'm moving house, I might like look through stuff, moving house, yeah, because you know, when you're moving, you end up going through all your shit, and then I'm like, oh, there's this box of old memories.

Speaker 3 I've just never heard that saying, if you're moving house, oh, maybe that's a British thing.

Speaker 1 If you're moving, I'm moving house. What would you say?

Speaker 2 Yeah, that might be a British thing. It's like when Australians say, no, I'm going to hospital.
What would you say? They don't, I would say, I'm going to the hospital. The hospital.

Speaker 2 They just say I'm going to hospital. Oh, right.
Okay. Yeah.
But it would probably be like this. I'm going.
I'm waiting.

Speaker 2 Oh, boy. Genifa Lopez, rise of wades.
I'm going to the, I'm going hospital.

Speaker 2 Thank you, peanut butter bitch. Thank you for that.

Speaker 2 I'm going hospital. I think.
Peanut butter bitch is going to stick.

Speaker 3 What were you you saying, May?

Speaker 1 Oh, just that I keep stuff. I like to, you know, and I'm, I'm generally friends with most exes.
And I'm like, that was a, you know, a nice time.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 1 Yeah, not everyone, I guess, but I've never like burned stuff. I mean, I've never been like, I want every trace of that person out of my life.
Like, I, you know what I mean?

Speaker 1 I might take down things that are immediately reminding me of the person.

Speaker 2 Yeah. I haven't even thought about that stuff.

Speaker 2 Truth be told.

Speaker 3 You haven't thought about what?

Speaker 2 Like erasing photos or.

Speaker 1 Well,

Speaker 1 the thing with photos is annoying is your phone will randomly go, remember this?

Speaker 1 And it's like from three years ago, and it's like the most painful memory, or it's like, yeah, edited together a video with sad music of like, I haven't thought about that phone, but thank you.

Speaker 2 Seriously, I, that's not something I don't, I don't really do that, like erase pictures and stuff. I mean only if I look really bad in the picture or

Speaker 2 super chunky

Speaker 2 because yeah they're like you said they're they're memories I was at least in my last situation was together 10 years so that's a lot of memories yeah situation yeah and I'm not just over here going f all that

Speaker 2 yeah um acting you know there was a lot of good times too so i i'm happy to remember the good times

Speaker 1 yeah what about you take you keep, are you like a memory keeper?

Speaker 2 Yeah,

Speaker 3 I don't go through and throw things out.

Speaker 3 Yeah. You know, or, I mean,

Speaker 3 same. I don't like put our old photo albums out on my coffee table.

Speaker 2 Right.

Speaker 2 Things aren't on display now. Yeah.
Yeah. But it's like, you know, that'd be a good way to send a message to Stephanie.
Like, you better raise your game. You start putting

Speaker 2 how happy I was her. Yeah.

Speaker 3 One of the things that I really appreciated about Stephanie was this woman that I was involved with, kind of overlapping with Stephanie. She made an appearance on One Mississippi, and

Speaker 3 Stephanie actually suggested her

Speaker 2 for the role.

Speaker 3 And she, and I was like, really? And it was kind of a romantic person on the show. And I said,

Speaker 3 or

Speaker 3 was just, I was surprised. And Stephanie said, well, I just feel like she's the right person for the role.
And she said, and

Speaker 3 she was like, and if you had a connection with her previously, why,

Speaker 3 like, that, that's a real connection. And it'll probably read on

Speaker 3 camera. And, um,

Speaker 3 and she, she just feels like if, if you had a connection,

Speaker 3 why not continue that connection in a different way? And

Speaker 3 I just, I really appreciated it.

Speaker 1 Yeah. It's very cool.
I have often been in love with people who are impossible to make jealous because it's such a cool quality.

Speaker 1 If you're like, well, I saw them bumped into my ex the other day, and they're like, oh, great.

Speaker 2 How are they? And you're like, and yeah, I don't get, I don't get crazy about people's exes. I'm just like, okay.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Stephanie's tight with

Speaker 3 when I say tight, like she and an ex of mine

Speaker 3 really, really like each other. And it brings me so much joy.
Like our kid, our kids play together and

Speaker 3 we hang out and our families. And it's just so, and that was a tough one.
That's my ex that, like,

Speaker 3 I didn't know if we were going to come back from because it all kind of went down during when I was sick and my mother died.

Speaker 3 And it just got so complicated because we went through a breakup and then my health issues exploded in the news and stuff and it just wasn't a fun thing i think for

Speaker 3 yeah it just was a little tricky and in weird ways yeah

Speaker 1 but but there is like i mean there is kind of a

Speaker 1 maybe it's more common in the queer community that people sort of stay friends maybe because there's fewer of us like you stay like i remember going out to a party like a dance party or something with a bunch of friends and I was dating Parvity and Parvity came came over and was meeting a bunch of my friends.

Speaker 1 And then, after like a couple of hours, she was like, Have you slept with all of these people? And I was like, I was like, Yeah, I guess I have, but like,

Speaker 2 but like,

Speaker 2 oh my gosh, that is not my situation or mine.

Speaker 1 But we've stayed really, stayed really close.

Speaker 2 Yeah,

Speaker 1 but I don't think that happens as much in like the straight dating world, you know?

Speaker 2 Like, yeah.

Speaker 1 Or I have a t-shirt

Speaker 1 from an ex-boyfriend that is so comfy and

Speaker 1 reassuring because I love that guy. So it's nice to, you know, I'll wear the t-shirt frequently.

Speaker 2 Why do you think it is that it's more prevalent in our community?

Speaker 3 I think it's like the nature of like

Speaker 3 women.

Speaker 2 Do you think?

Speaker 1 I think maybe it happens with gay men too and non-power and black.

Speaker 2 Yeah. I think just be like a non-traditional.

Speaker 3 everything's already so non-traditional that it's like, why would, why would we follow any other rules?

Speaker 1 Yeah. And, and also, I think community is important.
And so, and, and communities are pretty small, like in, in, in different cities and in Toronto, especially.

Speaker 1 It was like, you know, that L-word thing of the, the Venn diagram or the, the chart.

Speaker 2 The chart.

Speaker 1 The chart that like connects everyone who's like been involved with each other. It's just a smaller group.
So if you start cutting off everybody who's dated your friend or anything, then you end up.

Speaker 2 Yeah, you kind of have to. Yeah, we had a couple, not my exes, but at the our wedding stuff.
And I don't even think twice about it. Yeah.

Speaker 2 I didn't have like a ton of serious, serious relationships prior. Yeah.

Speaker 2 So it was, there was nothing too heavy. that I was coming from.
Yeah. And some, some I talked to and some we just have lost touch.

Speaker 1 But yeah, there are definitely axes of mine that I don't talk to as well, like where it was just too heavy or weird.

Speaker 2 But

Speaker 2 you're like,

Speaker 2 no, thanks. Yeah.
Yeah.

Speaker 3 There's, yeah, I have a couple that I'm not in contact with.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 3 And it wasn't like a terribly fun departure.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 3 But

Speaker 3 we're friendly. And

Speaker 3 there's not anybody I wouldn't love to hear was thriving in their life and happy. And like, there is not a single, nobody.
Yeah. There's no one.

Speaker 3 Even like going back to like Cheryl's not my ex or anything.

Speaker 2 It's a breakup of sorts.

Speaker 3 It is. And, you know, I just, there's, there's no part of me that is excited by somebody not being happy or struggling or anything like that.
There's really not. And especially exes.
I

Speaker 3 man, would I be thrilled to hear that anyone I was ever with was just happy,

Speaker 3 thriving, thriving, thriving.

Speaker 2 I'm the same.

Speaker 2 Life's too short. I don't wish anyone ill will, even if it didn't work out with us or even if it ended not great.
I am very much like, go live your best life.

Speaker 2 Be happy. Like if you weren't happy with me or we had whatever,

Speaker 2 you know, we just couldn't get it together. Like, I, that doesn't mean you shouldn't have that happiness with somebody else.
Even in this most recent situation, I want her to have the best everything.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 2 And be genuinely happy and good. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 2 So, yeah, I don't look at, I don't look at memories or pictures or experiences with any sort of taint on them from

Speaker 2 like

Speaker 2 what?

Speaker 2 Like the taint.

Speaker 1 whatever I said taint

Speaker 1 no that's that's right you used it right no I know she did

Speaker 2 make sure Fortune Marie me

Speaker 2 um but I don't have this like stink on it now yeah yeah where I look back on any of it like ugh yeah I'm I'm grateful for those memories and that there were so many happy times and and the growth that you get from all of these things that were tremendous and terrible And

Speaker 3 man, it launches you to a new place.

Speaker 1 We're all like little, I mean, like the retreat I just went to, like by the end of it, I just felt so clearly like

Speaker 1 we're all just like muddling through life.

Speaker 2 And like

Speaker 1 everyone's doing their best. You meet people, you know, where you're at and sort of travel with them for a bit.
And then if you grow together, you do. And if you don't, you don't.

Speaker 2 And I mean, that's you can still have boundaries with people, I think. I mean, especially in these longer-term relationships, I feel like I'm so different than I was 10 years ago.

Speaker 2 She's so different than we were 10 years ago. And sometimes you grow together, sometimes you change, and

Speaker 2 that's a part of the journey, too.

Speaker 3 When I split with this one,

Speaker 3 oh, actually, the same one that made an appearance on One Mississippi.

Speaker 3 When we were like going our separate ways, it was, there was a little,

Speaker 3 you know, not, I mean, it was, of course, it was emotional, it was hard. Um, but what I did to move on quickly was I grabbed this really unattractive picture that she jokingly sent me while we were

Speaker 2 involved.

Speaker 3 And I used it as my screensaver on everything. So every time

Speaker 3 I open my computer, turn my phone on, I just saw her looking her absolute worst.

Speaker 2 That's what I was doing. And I'd be like,

Speaker 3 yeah, I don't need that.

Speaker 2 Can I tell you a funny way I got let down? Easy.

Speaker 2 This was

Speaker 2 many, many years ago.

Speaker 2 And

Speaker 2 we never officially

Speaker 2 were dating. We liked each other.
And

Speaker 2 it was kind of in the works to possibly date. And

Speaker 2 she texted me like can i make you dinner and tomorrow night or whatever i was like oh great like well maybe we're gonna finally you know move into the to the dating phase um

Speaker 2 and she came over and informed me that uh she was in love with her roommate oh my god oh my god that she was gonna pursue that so we we wouldn't be able to pursue anything here more than friends this is at the beginning of the This is at the beginning, yes.

Speaker 2 Oh, God. And I'm just like, oh, oh, okay.
Like, I'm like, again, not that emotionally invested that it's devastating, but I did really like her and wanted to see if there was something there.

Speaker 2 And so I was bummed, but you're like, okay. And then, and then, you know, we have this awkward conversation.
And

Speaker 2 then she's like, well,

Speaker 2 I can go

Speaker 2 or

Speaker 2 I can actually make you dinner. And I was like, you know, I wanted to be like, no,

Speaker 2 get out of here.

Speaker 2 But I was like, well, what, what did you bring?

Speaker 2 And

Speaker 2 she was like, shrimp tacos. And I'm like, ah,

Speaker 2 I love shrimp tacos.

Speaker 3 Now we're talking.

Speaker 2 She went in and made dinner. And

Speaker 2 I had just gotten dumped. And I was just like, I'm going to eat these shrimp tacos.

Speaker 1 Yeah, I would do the same thing.

Speaker 2 Because those are the only tacos I'm eating tonight. Am I right? Hey,

Speaker 2 girl, Marie.

Speaker 2 Are you humming a tick? Did you just start humming a little song to soothe yourself?

Speaker 2 I'm sorry. I had to.

Speaker 2 No, you didn't.

Speaker 1 I was obsessed with the response being to start humming a little song.

Speaker 2 It's like Take just had to dissociate.

Speaker 2 Because

Speaker 2 those were the only tacos I was eating.

Speaker 3 Heard you the first time.

Speaker 2 Maybe it was my delivery.

Speaker 2 Because

Speaker 2 those were the only tacos.

Speaker 2 Peanut butter pitch.

Speaker 3 Cork it.

Speaker 2 But that's how much I love food. I'm just like, sure, you can dump me.
And yes, I will eat those tacos. Yeah, totally.

Speaker 2 It's funny.

Speaker 1 Anywho, well, I have a my roommate was broken up with on the first day of a vacation, a romantic vacation together.

Speaker 2 Like, no, and they had a still vacation? Why would they do that? Why even go?

Speaker 1 That was his main thing. He was like, okay, but what the hell? Like,

Speaker 1 they'd saved up for this trip. It's like, just wait till the end, but why not go?

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 3 They make shrimp tacos.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 2 Because those are the only

Speaker 2 tacos you're eating that night.

Speaker 2 But hold on, wait. Hold on.

Speaker 1 The humming is so funny to me.

Speaker 1 Wait, Fortune, what?

Speaker 2 Hold on.

Speaker 2 Hold on, no.

Speaker 2 Because those are the only. Hold on.
No, boy. Because those are

Speaker 2 the only tacos I was eating that night.

Speaker 2 Oh, God.

Speaker 2 Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 Do you like that?

Speaker 1 Yeah, I like that a lot.

Speaker 2 Thank you. Shall we hear Breckin's answer?

Speaker 1 Oh, shit. Yeah, let's hear Breckin's answer.

Speaker 2 Yes.

Speaker 4 I forgot to answer my own question. So my answer is I would just not look at them until I'm okay looking at them, but I'd want to keep the memories.

Speaker 4 I used to be the men in black guy who wishes everyone I was ever with was on Dessert Island that would slowly sink into the sea.

Speaker 2 But now I mature and wear sweaters.

Speaker 2 Oh, look at that. Mature and wearing sweaters.

Speaker 3 Throw on a sweater and just move on. That's right.

Speaker 1 He was wearing a, yeah, a fetching kind of similar to your cardigan there, Tig.

Speaker 2 I know. Yeah.
Yeah. Look at that.
Old Cardi

Speaker 2 B. Cardi B over there.

Speaker 3 Do I strike you as a snuggly person?

Speaker 1 That's a great question. Thank you.

Speaker 1 I think

Speaker 1 that with your immediate family, probably.

Speaker 1 But I don't, I mean, definitely we know you don't love a snuggle from a stranger.

Speaker 2 I love snuggles.

Speaker 1 Oh, me too, man.

Speaker 2 I am a,

Speaker 2 not only am I a peanut butter bitch, I'm a snuggle bitch. You're a snuggle bitch.

Speaker 3 You're a little snuggle worm. I'm a snuggle worm.

Speaker 2 Snuggle bitch. I love the cuddles.
I love the touch. I love

Speaker 2 all that. Wait, is this your dating?

Speaker 3 Is this your online dating profile?

Speaker 2 I love a butt. What? Grabs.

Speaker 2 And a snuggle and a cuddle. And a butt rub? How'd we get into butt butt grabs?

Speaker 2 I do like a butt grab.

Speaker 1 Does that count as snuggling?

Speaker 2 Not in my butt.

Speaker 2 Snuggle my butt. Snuggle.
Let's wrap this up.

Speaker 1 You're on fire today, Fortune.

Speaker 2 There's like

Speaker 1 10 new catchphrases.

Speaker 3 I love when you did the

Speaker 3 drum roll or whatever it is before you did the joke.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Wait.

Speaker 3 Oh, boy.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 3 All right. Let's let's wrap this up.
Let's get out of this episode, please.

Speaker 1 I am going on tour at the end of February. Please get some tickets and come see me.
I'm doing 35 cities and I'm really excited and nervous. And

Speaker 2 I'm going to write that show real soon.

Speaker 1 And it's going to be really fun to see everybody.

Speaker 1 And also check out Wayward on Netflix, please.

Speaker 2 What are you guys up to? On November 22nd, I'm in San Jose, California. And the next night in Fresno, then Thanksgiving weekend, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Speaker 2 St. Petersburg, Florida, and Orlando, Florida in December.
Norfolk, Virginia, December 27th. Salt Lake City, December 29th.
Vancouver, the 30th. And then New Year's Eve in Seattle, Washington, baby.

Speaker 3 Yo, and I'm going to be at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles, November 19th, and Largo in Los Angeles, November 21st. I think I'll be adding some Toronto club dates here or there.

Speaker 3 Check out TigNotaro.com. Also, make sure to watch the Andrea Gibson documentary.
Come see me in the good light on Apple TV.

Speaker 3 It's so beautiful. I produce that, and it's one of the things I'm most proud of.
I'm absolutely most proud of in my career, as well as this podcast.

Speaker 1 Yeah, remember to subscribe to the pod, share it with your pals, rate, review.

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Speaker 1 Today would be a good one to watch on YouTube, I think.

Speaker 2 Why? Because of this?

Speaker 1 Yeah, because of that, because of Thomas writing you up on a little post-it note.

Speaker 3 Get our merch at handsomepod.com and until next time,

Speaker 2 cute. Keep it

Speaker 2 peanut butter bitch.

Speaker 1 Handsome is hosted by me, Mae Martin, Tig Notaro, and Fortune Feemster. The show is produced, recorded, and edited by Thomas Willette.

Speaker 1 Email us at handsomepod at gmail.com and please follow us on social media at handsome pod.

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